Details
This setting controls the size of the cache, in bytes, used to store files on the disk.
The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled: 250609664
Note: The value specified in this policy isn’t a hard boundary but rather a suggestion to the caching system; any value below a few megabytes is too small and will be rounded up to a reasonable minimum.
Note #2: The recommended disk size for cache is 50 – 250MB, according to Microsoft.
Rationale:
Having enough disk space for browser cache is important for a computer investigation and investigators such as Computer Forensics Analysts to be able to retrieve pertinent information to the investigation.
Impact:
Browser cache will take up to 250MB in disk space.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Enabled: 250609664
Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft EdgeSet disk cache size, in bytes
Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template MSEdge.admx/adml that can be downloaded from Microsoft here.
Default Value:
Enabled – Default size is used.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.